Date of Award
7-1963
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biological Sciences
First Advisor
Grace W. Gray
Second Advisor
Harold Hardman
Third Advisor
Albert C. Yard
Abstract
The predominant effect of catecholamines in general, and of epinephrine in particular, on motor activity of rabbit intestinal smooth muscle, is an inhibition of spontaneous contractile activity and a decrease in tone. This present investigation was initiated through an accidental observation that after in vitro reserpinization epinephrine appeared to hasten recovery of contractile activity of isolated rabbit jejunum. Although there have been a few published reports of stimulation of contractile activity of rabbit intestine by low concentrations of epinephrine, the observation of a stimulant effect of epinephrine after in vitro reserpinization has never been reported in the literature.
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Kenneth R., "Stimulant Effect of Sympathomimetic Amines On Reserpinized Rabbit Jejunal Strips in Vitro" (1963). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2531.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2531
Comments
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Milwaukee, Wisconsin.